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Religion and Jewish Identity in the Soviet Union, 1941–1964 MoRdecha i a lt s hUl eR Translated by Saadya Sternberg Brandeis University Press An imprint of University Press of New England www.upne.com© 2012 Brandeis University All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designed by Mindy Basinger Hill Typeset in 10/14 pt. Calluna University Press of New England is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. For permission to reproduce any of the material in this book, contact Permissions, University Press of New England, One Court Street, Suite 250, Lebanon NH 03766; or visit www.upne.com Originally published as Yahadut bamakhbesh hasovieti: Bein dat lezehut yehudit bivrithamoatzot 1941–1964 by the Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History, Jerusalem, 2007. This publication was made possible with the cooperation of the Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History through the generous support of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc., and Brandeis University’s Bernard G. and Rhoda G. Sarnat Center for the Study of Anti-Jewishness, which aims to promote a deeper understanding of anti-Jewish prejudice, as well as Jewish and non-Jewish responses to this phenomenon, from both a historical and contemporary perspective. Library of Congress Cataloging-inPublication Data Altshuler, Mordechai. [Yahadut bamakhbesh hasovieti. English] Religion and Jewish identity in the Soviet Union, 1941–1964 / Mordechai Altshuler; translated by Saadya Sternberg.—1st ed. p. cm.—(The Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61168-271-7 (cloth : alk. paper)— ISBN 978-1-61168-272-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)— ISBN 978-1-61168-273-1 (ebook) 1. Jews—Soviet Union—History. 2. Jews— Soviet Union—Identity. 3. Jews—Government policy—Soviet Union. 4. Jews—Soviet Union—Social conditions. 5. Soviet Union— Ethnic relations. I. Sternberg, Saadya. II. Title. DS134.85.A4813 2012 305.892'404709045—dc23 5 4 3 2 1 ...

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